06.09.2019 Columns Suffolk Close up: County GOP leader ready for battle The Cuban Revolution caused Jesus Garcia to flee Cuba to the United States. His son, Jesse Garcia, raised in Suffolk County and having spent his life here, was just...
03.11.2018 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Former East End Congressman on guns and money Former Suffolk Congressman Michael F. Forbes has written a strong article published in the The Kansas City Star on February 23, headlined, “I switched parties and lost my Congressional...
02.08.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: ‘Pushing’ the limits on campaigns After last year’s election campaign in Suffolk, a negative advertising slugfest, you would think that campaigning couldn’t get lower.
01.04.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A visit to the Holy Land State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) started the holiday season off in an appropriate place: the Holy Land. Mr. Thiele visited Israel. His reaction? “It was the...
11.15.2013 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Election postmortems and dirty tricks The results of Election 2013 in Suffolk County had many meanings. The defeat of East Hampton Councilman Dominick Stanzione, charged repeatedly by the Quiet Skies Coalition with being the...